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CuraMedical Frequent Asked Questions about Absorbable Haemostats Fred J. Hoogland

CuraMedical Frequent Asked Questions about Absorbable Haemostats Fred J. Hoogland Director Marketing & Sales. The Absorbable Haemostat Family. Haemostasis Etymology: New Latin, from Greek haimostasis styptic, from haimo- hem- + -stasis Arrest of bleeding.

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CuraMedical Frequent Asked Questions about Absorbable Haemostats Fred J. Hoogland

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  1. CuraMedical Frequent Asked Questions about Absorbable Haemostats Fred J. Hoogland Director Marketing & Sales

  2. The Absorbable Haemostat Family

  3. Haemostasis • Etymology: New Latin, • from Greek haimostasis styptic, • from haimo- hem- + -stasis Arrest of bleeding

  4. Conventional procedures to control bleeding during surgical procedures • Pressure • Ligature (tying, binding, suturing) • Clip • Electro coagulation

  5. How to achieve or enhance haemostasis when conventional methods are ineffective or impractical? • Large oozing surfaces (capillaries) • Poor access to the surgical site

  6. Absorbable haemostatic agents

  7. An absorbable haemostatic agent, surgical is: • (Summary From the General and Plastic Surgery Devices Panel Meeting July 24, 2003 FDA) • “a device intended to produce haemostasis by accelerating the clotting process of blood during surgical procedures” • “the device is absorbable” • “the device is indicated for surgical procedures (except urologic, ophthalmic and neurologic) for haemostasis, when control of bleeding by pressure, ligature and other conventional procedures is ineffective or impractical”

  8. Families of absorbable Haemostatic agents • Gelatine • Oxidised (Regenerated) Cellulose (ORC) • Collagen (reconstruction surgery) • Thrombin (drug) • Glues with biological or synthetic fibrin sealants

  9. Criteria to choose a haemostatic agent: • Duration to obtain haemostasis? • Swelling? • Absorbency? • Duration and conditions of absorption? • Wrapping? • Suturing required? • Allergenic?

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